"OS X 10.5 Leopard is the best operating system released by Apple so far and runs neck and neck with Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon as my favorite operating systems to use. In the past I wanted to get an iMac, but not because of OS X but rather because of their sleek hardware. Now after using Leopard, I want to buy an iMac to run Leopard. Nice job Apple."More here.

How can anybody claim that they can write a thorough review of an operating system in less than a day. In that kind of time frame, what you can write is an introduction to OS and write some first impressions but you can't judge day-to-day usage in a few hours.

I know a guy who won't trust a review unless the person has had the product for at least three months, and preferably a year. The reason is simple: a lot of people are in this "new toy" mentality when they have only had the product for a few hours/days/weeks. But what happens a few weeks down the line:

* Are they still backing up with Time Machine?
* Did you turn off Cover Flow because it uses too much screen space?
* Were you lynched for using templates in Mail?
* Are you only using one Space regularly?
* Did you revert to Firefox because Safari's new features didn't make up for the lack of extensions?

I mean, if I picked up the new cat, I would be using all of those things (except templates in Mail) for the first few days. But after that, probably not. Heck, I have only used Expose a handful of times after those first few weeks with 10.3.

Ars Technica will probably write the only review worth waiting for. Their review of Tiger was excellent and offered interesting technical insights into the inner workings of Mac OS X and its history contrary to superficial stuff like this blog entry.

Ars Technica will probably write the only review worth waiting for. Their review of Tiger was excellent and offered interesting technical insights into the inner workings of Mac OS X and its history contrary to superficial stuff like this blog entry.

While theirs will certainly be valuable, and without trying to sound like a "kiss-up", I'm certainly looking forward to comments on it from OSNews staff. Between arsTechnica's review + your viewpoints, I always feel like I have a better overall picture.

The thing that none of you understands and only sees from the reader's point of view instead of our point of view, is that there is a time critical aspect to journalism. Most readers want information NOW and journalists must give it to them NOW. If they wait 1 month, then no one will care to read their site by that time. And then they can't even sustain that web site.

But noooo, you all have to go scrutinize everything and only see things from your own side.